Anushka Sharma

When I meet someone from the army background, there is an instant connection. We live in the best five-star hotels of the world, but outside my home I will be equally comfortable in any army cantonment or army guest house. Telling my friends that my father was in the army was like telling them that he is the second-richest man in the world.

Indian Actress

Karan Kapoor

I was more interested in the older generation as they seemed to be the last remaining remnants of the British Raj - people who remembered the railway cantonments, the Marilyn Monroe look-a-like contest, the Central Provinces,' and so on, a world long gone.

Diana Penty

I spent a lot of my school vacations in Devlali because my grandparents lived in the cantonment there.

Indian Model

Primarily used to describe places related to the armed forces, not civilian spaces.

Military Usage

Suggests a temporary setup, which can be dismantled, unlike a permanent military base.

Not Permanent

Can have a colonial or historical connotation, as cantonments were set up in foreign territories.

Cantonment

Military Usage

Not Permanent

Historical Context

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